On this day in Yankee history...
1961: The Yankees beat the Kansas City A's 12-5, with Mickey Mantle walloping a 1st-inning homer off Art Ditmar. Mantle and Roger Maris are both at 40 home runs.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1961/B08022NYA1961.htm
1978: The Yankees take a 5-0 lead over the Red Sox, but Boston tie it in the 8th on three wild pitches, two bases-loaded walks and a collection of bloop hits. Two rain delays during the game lasting a total of an hour push the action past curfew time at Fenway, and the contest is suspended in the 14th inning.
1979: At Canton, Ohio, Thurman Munson is killed in the crash of the plane that he was piloting.
1990: Rookie Kevin Maas hits his 10th home run in just 77 at bats, the fastest any player has ever reached that mark. The Yankees lose to the Tigers 6-5 in 14 innings, however.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/B08020NYA1990.htm
2011: The Yankees' 6-0 win over the White Sox is shortened to 7 innings by rain at U.S. Cellular Field, but not before Mark Teixeira sets a record by hitting a homer from both sides of the plate for the 12th time of his career. He hits a long ball righthanded off starter John Denks in the 3rd, then one lefthanded in the pouring rain off reliever Jason Frasor in the 7th. Teixeira had been tied with Eddie Murray and Chili Davis with 11 such games. Phil Hughes is the winner in his best outing of the season.
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